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patriarchies

patriarchies is the plural of patriarchy.

Meaning of patriarchy

Noun

patriarchy (countable and uncountable, plural patriarchies)

  1. A social system in which the father is head of the household, having authority over women and children, and in which lineage is traced through the male line.
  2. A power structure in which men are dominant.
    • England is under the rule of a patriarchy.1929, Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
  3. The office of a patriarch; a patriarchate.

Questions about patriarchies

What is patriarchies the plural of?
Patriarchies is the plural of patriarchy.

Words near patriarchies in the dictionary

  1. patriarchial
  2. patriarchialism
  3. patriarchic
  4. patriarchical
  5. patriarchically
  6. patriarchies
  7. patriarchisation
  8. patriarchism
  9. patriarchisms
  10. patriarchist
  11. patriarchists

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